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Formica (Formica) Linnaeus, 1758 an obsolete classification of Formica Linnaeus, 1758

Formica Linnaeus, 1758: 579 Type-species also by subsequent designation of Girard, 1879: 1011. Type-species: Formica rufa, by subsequent designation of Curtis, 1839: 752.

Type notes: Reasons for the designation of Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761 rather than Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1758, as type-species of Formica, are discussed by Yarrow, 1954c: 313, Yarrow, 1955a: 5.

Citations

Girard, M. 1879. Traité élémentaire d'entomologie. Volume 2. Paris: Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1028 pp.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae [= Stockholm]: L. Salvii, 824 pp. PDF
Yarrow, I. H. H. 1954c. Application for the re-examination and re-phrasing of the decision taken by the International Commission regarding the name of the type species of "Formica" Linnaeus, 1758 (Class Insecta, Order Hymenoptera). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 9:313-318.
Yarrow, I. H. H. 1955a. The British ants allied to Formica rufa L. (Hym., Formicidae). Transactions of the Society for British Entomology 12:1-48. PDF

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